Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

Last Friday, a Tibetan(藏族的) postman became the first woman postal worker to give a speech at the World Postal Meeting in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. She was Nima Lamu, a postwoman of Yunling Post office, Yunnan Province.
She said, “I had to cross the Lancang River along a steel wire. My younger brother nearly died in the river before. I felt so afraid when I was asked for the first time to cross the river. But when I reached the other side, I found that I was flying.”
Her area is locked in (封闭) two snowy mountains and three big rivers. She said, “:What worries me most is the snakes on the way. Sometimes, I throw little stones toward them and I often tell my self ‘Keep going’. ”
Ten years ago, it took Nima five days to finish each week’s mail. She had to face snowstorms, floods, snakes and loneliness on her 350-kilometer journey. Nima said, “The situation has developed a lot these years. Now we have a bridge that was built across the Lancang River in 2006.”
Nima never dreamed she would become famous one day when she first look up her job, 12 years ago. Changes have been seen in recent years as more tourists visit Nima’s hometown. But one thing remains unchanged: she is still the carrier of the villagers’ hopes and dreams.
【小题1】Nima was invited to the meeting in Bern because she was _________.

A．he once fell into the river.	B．He was killed by a snake.
C．He died when swimming in the river.	D．He got hurt when building the bridge.

 Hangzhou is well-known ______ the west lake _____the capital of Zhejiang.

A．as, as             B．for, for            C．as, for            D．for, as

【小题1】_____________ (luck), he found his lost key in the reading room.
【小题2】It is reported that they ___________ (donate) 20 million yuan to China Red Cross since last year.
【小题3】The TV play My Ugly Mother is well worth ______________ (see) again.
【小题4】My sister said that the capital of China ____________( be) Beijing .
【小题5】It’s much____________(excite) to surf the Internet for teenagers.
【小题6】They have done what they can_________ us stop the sandstorm. (help)
【小题7】Plants need CO2 when they grow , so they can make CO2_______________(little) in the air.
【小题8】Do you know the two ____________ (thief) names?
【小题9】Green can make you feel _______________ ( energy ).
【小题10】Zhang Jike shouted with _____________ (excite) when he got the first prize in the World Table Tennis Championships（锦标赛） several days ago.

Paris, the capital of France, is one of the _________ cities in Europe.

A．liveliest           B．more peaceful      C．much fascinating    D．thrilling